Review: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
destructoid.comRyu Ga Gotoku Studio reset its flagship series with Yakuza: Like a Dragon, an aptly named title that saw newcomer Ichiban Kasuga take the lead in RPG hero fashion. With Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, RGG returns to the role-playing formula, with one foot in the future and the other in the past.
While Ichiban is back to lead, his predecessor Kazuma Kiryu returns, too. At first, the duo form a party together and then, eventually, split into two parties with each protagonist as their own leader. And while I dig a lot about what this does for the story, and the ways in which RGG Studio has clearly upgraded its blueprint from Y:LAD, it’s hard not to notice the stumbles it makes along the way.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is absolutely massive. It is a transition period for the series, moving all its characters around and building on their stories, while also creating the largest world I’ve yet to see in one of Ryu Ga Gotoku’s games. Infinite Wealth nails so many high points, but vast excess can come at a cost.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (PC, PS4, PS5 [reviewed], Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S)
Developer: Rya Ga Gotoku Studio
Publisher: SEGA
Released: January 26, 2023
MSRP: $69.99
The introduction sequence for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is, quite honestly, fantastic. Starting out, directly after the events of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, we see Ichiban and the crew trying to enjoy a normal life after the Great Dissolution and ensuing drama. Ichiban does his best to support the rudderless yakuza struggling to earn a living as civilians, while also endearingly struggling in his own way, especially in the romance department.
It’s not long, though, until some ghosts of the past resurface. After bad actors rope Ichiban and co. into a sea of online controversy, our hero departs for Hawaii, where his long-lost mother, Akane, is thought to be hiding. Along the way, you’ll mostly hang out with familiar faces. Every cast member from Yakuza: Like a Dragon returns in some form, and
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